Conviction New religious movements Online nihilist network Hilo, Hawaii, USA · 2026

United States: leader of a 764 splinter network sentenced to the statutory maximum

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

founder and leader of the 'Cultists' network, a 764/CVLT splinter

Organization

'Cultists' (764/CVLT splinter)

Spiritual nexus

CORE, on the same basis as the corpus's other 764-network records: the network's satanic-nihilist doctrine is the instrument by which minors are coerced.

Violent occult ideology or sacrifice
Ritual, oath, or initiation

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2026-07-16 · guilty plea and sentence

US District Court, District of Hawaii (Senior Judge Helen Gillmor). Kalana Limkin, founder and leader of the 'Cultists' network — a splinter of the 764 and CVLT networks — pleaded guilty on 13 February 2025 to possession of child sexual-abuse material and was sentenced on 16 July 2026 to 120 months, the statutory maximum, followed by twenty years of supervised release.

Documented coercion mechanisms

the network's coercion of minors into sexual and self-harm content

Primary record

Sources

official prosecutor release sentencing release US Attorney's Office, District of Hawaii: sentencing release.: The prosecuting authority's own release.

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